b'MONTEZ MARTIN(MM), Chamber Board Chair in 1986 when the nearly all-volunteer Chamber was known as the Charleston Trident Chamber of Commerce. Operated Montez Real Estate. Architect/building construction engineer/U.S. Army lieutenant colonel/WCBD-TV street reporter/real-estate broker/Trident Technical College board member and chair/member and chair of SC Association of Community College Trustees/fundraiser. Has narrowed the focus of his community engagement today to serve concentrated problems in education and housing. Troubled that we have evolved into a society that skews away from learning and toward criticism, he values the Chambers drive to discern gaps in knowledge and teach the business community around them. The wheel is here. Lets figure out how to make the wheel work.MAKERLAURA VARN(LV), Chamber Board Chair in 2015 and Liberty Fellowship Fellow. Vice President, People & Culture and Communications at Parkland USA. Driven to improve education, aligning workforce needs with what is being taught in schools. Champion of the gas tax to improve state roads and bridges and new Chamber bylaws to attract younger, more diverse leadership. The way work gets done today puts an emphasis on diversity, community relations, community ideas and community leadership. Mirroring the mosaic of a younger and more diverse business community, the Chamber looks very different now. There is an emerging entrepreneurial sector doing some remarkable things and infusing this incredible, vibrant dynamic.LEN HUTCHINSON, III(LH), Chamber Board Chair in 1999. South Carolina regional market executive and president for First National Bank. Active emeritus board member engaged with the Chamber nominating committee and board of the Chambers Political Action Committee (PAC). Passionately believes advocacy with government is a critical aspect of the Chambers work. Invested in the infrastructure conversation with government and supporting Charlestons military presence. The Chamber plays a key role in the communitys interaction with the militarymaking sure runways are improvedflight paths arent inhibited or overconstructedthat we remain focused on improving the educational experience around the military base. The Chamber is working hard to make things better.19 BRIDGE MAKER'